[UK-TUG] 5th ConTeXt meeting news

[Joseph Wright]

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Subject: [UKTUG-Committee] 5th ConTeXt meeting news
From: Taco Hoekwater <taco at elvenkind.com>

== 5th ConTeXT Meeting 2011 ==

Will start on Monday evening September 19, and end on Saturday
morning September 24, 2011. The venue is Bassenge-Boirs, Belgium.

All information below as well as a registration form is available
on our website:

  http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011

== Location change ==

Let's do the most important news first: The meeting has been relocated
to Belgium (due to other obligations by Arthur, southern France turned
out to be near impossible to get organised).

The new location is Bassenge-Boirs, Belgium, a little to the north
of Liège and quite close to Maastricht. The location has a (Dutch)
website: http://www.sjetootje.nl/

We will (as always) pick up people from various important public
transport spots during the Monday afternoon & evening, and try
our best to do timely drop-offs on Saturday as well.

== Registration ==

Perhaps it is the fine weather that makes people hold off, perhaps it
is because of Southern France sounding more attractive and the end of
summer, perhaps the fees were a little on the high side, or maybe we
simply have not sent enough reminder emails yet, but it is noticeable
that the number of registrations is a little less than usual around
this time in the process.

If you are planning to attend, please register soon. At the end of
August, the caterer has to be informed on the number of people that
need food, so if you register any later than that you may run the risk
of having to eat scraps ;)

== Fee changes ==

With the location, also the fees have changed. What used to be the
'early bird' rate is now the 'normal' rate. Consequently, the normal
rate is now a lot lower than it initially was: down to 370 EUR for
LUG members. The 'early bird' rate is another 100 EUR off that, so
just 270 EUR for LUG members. These prices include lodging as well
as all meals from dinner on Monday to breakfast on Saturday.

Anyone is eligible for early bird reduction that manages to have the
appropriate amount transfered to my bank account on

  July 31, 2011.

Anyone paying after that day has to pay the full amount. As we are
talking about reception date here and international transfers can take
a few days, this means that international transfers should be started
no later than

  July 25, 2011.

Payment Details are on the http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011
website, on the 'fee' page. As your new main organizer and recipient
of these funds, Taco urges you to pay up sooner rather than later.

== Bursaries ==

On a related note: we have received limited but firm commitments for
bursary funds from various LUGs, so even if you cannot afford the new
(reduced) fees, it may still be possible for you to attend. Just drop
us a message explaining how much funding you would need to be able to
attend and why we should give it to you, and we will see what can is
possible.

== Programme ==

As we have booked the venue for the whole week from 19/9 to 26/9, we
have a few extra days that will be spent by Hans, Taco and any other
interested people for developer/development meetings (further
information will be announced on the ntg-context mailing list).

There are already some talks and abstracts on-line, but no official
program yet, more on that will follow later.

Hope to see you in 't Sjetootje!

Taco Hoekwater, also speaking for:

Willi Egger
Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec
Arthur Reutenauer

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